The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) concluded last Saturday. The Environmental Protection Agency held a press conference today to explain the "results." The media questioned whether they could see the "actions to combat climate change" mentioned in the press release by the government. "Taiwan shows diverse vitality." What specific and proactive carbon reduction strategies are there in the future? Cai Hongde, acting director of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that carbon tax is one of the options, and renewable energy will develop biomass energy, and the 20% target in 2025 should be improved. Carbon taxes have been implemented in many countries for many years, including Germany, Denmark, Japan and the United Kingdom, which have levied energy taxes or carbon taxes. According to 2010 statistics, after the implementation of the carbon tax in the United Kingdom, approximately 3.5 million metric tons of carbon emissions were reduced every year. Taiwan has set a total greenhouse gas emission reduction of 20% in 2030 compared with 2005 and a reduction of 50% in 2050. Scholars including Li Yuanzhe, former president of Academia Sinica, have called for Taiwan to levy an energy tax or carbon tax to reduce the external impact caused by fossil fuel-related industries. Cost internalization. Yuan Shaoying, director of the Environmental Management Department of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that the Executive Yuan Sustainable Development Committee has asked the Ministry of Finance to propose a plan to levy a carbon tax or energy tax in 2020. It is understood that the Ministry of Finance’s plan is to promote energy taxes to replace oil and gas goods taxes, increase carbon taxes in an appropriate amount, and review the levy items stipulated in the goods tax regulations. In addition to the option of levying a carbon tax to reduce carbon emissions, Cai Hongde said that the government has formulated carbon reduction actions for six major sectors. In the energy sector, the 20% renewable energy in 2025 only counts wind energy and solar energy. If the biomass energy currently actively promoted Taking this into account, renewable energy can
